# Which one hurts more, eating the hottest pepper in the world, or getting beaten up?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 24, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hurts-more-eating-the-hottest-pepper-in-the-world-or-getting-beaten-up/686897 "2014-04-24T21:37:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hurts-more-eating-the-hottest-pepper-in-the-world-or-getting-beaten-up/686897/7 "2014-04-24T22:18:34Z")

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> [@Slippery\_Sid](#):
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> 1. You are a homosexual in a ghetto neighborhood and getting beaten up by a pack of maybe 5 strong muscular homophobics. (i say this, because a beat down from rival drug dealers or a loan shark would probably be far, far more severe and lethal than just some annoyed homophobics.)

> [@Which one hurts more, eating the hottest pepper in the world, or getting beaten up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-one-hurts-more-eating-the-hottest-pepper-in-the-world-or-getting-beaten-up/686838/11):
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> **Moderator Action**
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> General Questions is for factual questions. This isn’t factual.
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> I would move this to IMHO or Great Debates, but I’m pretty sure that the unnecessary racist and homophobic remarks are just going to derail the entire thread. So instead I am just going to close this.
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> Feel free to start a new thread in the appropriate forum (IMHO if you just want to poll what others think, GD if you want to argue about it), focusing only on the pain issue and the two choices, and without the racist and homophobic remarks.

**Moderator Warning**

**Slippery Sid** , the first time you started a thread like this, **engineer\_comp\_geek** told you that you could start a new thread, but without the homophobic aspect. I don’t see what the homophobia (or the fact that it’s in a ghetto) has to do with the comparison to hot peppers. This is an official warning for violating moderator instructions, and for trolling. If you continue to play this game, you may find your posting privileges in jeopardy.

Colibri  
Moderator

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